Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

Tel: 01702 587 563

I would just like to say a huge thank you to Monica and John Howard for a fantastic quiz night last night at Thorpe Bay Yacht Club. Great organisation and a brilliant mix of questions.

An even bigger thanks to them for donating this year’s proceeds to my new charity, Big Purple Pants.

On behalf of my fellow Trustees and I – Toby, Steve Hopper, Malachy O’Sullivan, Claire Wood and Carole Sims – I would like to thank everyone who attended and gave so generously.

Long standing TBYC member David Hopper is running this years London Marathon to raise funds for Southend RNLI.
David is a volunteer crew member at Southend lifeboat station giving up his time to help those in need.
Please help David raise funds for this worthwhile charity which is close to all our hearts.
Click the link below to donate.
Many thanks

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/david-hopper6

The club has an ever increasing number of Picos and Lasers with a finite amount of space in which to keep them.

We would like to encourage members to buy and sell boats within the club so that current numbers can be maintained and the usage of boats increases.

We have a number of new members looking for such boats and would like anybody looking to sell in 2019 to let me know so that we can match seller to buyer.

Existing boats should be easily identified by either having the numbers written on the cover or a clearly readable tag on the trolley.

Our ultimate aim would be for all boats to be used regularly throughout the year but realise that it does not always work out that way. Please don’t just leave the boat unused for 2019.

We have received notice that Pico 12411 has been put up for sale – the cost is £ 990 ono. Please contact me or Janet for further details – details and pictures can be found on the club’s notice board.

Thank you all in anticipation of your cooperation in this matter.

Nick Elmore
Dinghy Park Rep.
Sailing Committee
Thorpe Bay Yacht Club

If you want to choose your duties online you have until end of Sunday 10th Feb to do so. After that I’ll be allocating duties to fill in the gaps for those who have not already done it.

Thanks to all those who have used the online option so far and those who have send me dates directly. Any feedback on this years approach is always welcome.

Please see my earlier post on 30 Jan for more details.

Mark Robinson

[email protected]

Please be aware the main bar has been hired for private functions, or is being used for club functions on the following days

Saturday 22nd February 2020- evening
Saturday 7th March – from 5pm
Sunday 8th March – from 4pm
Saturday 30th May – evening
Saturday 6th June 2020 -evening
Saturday 5th December, both bars – evening

This Saturday the Sprint 15 Association join us for a 3 race open starting at 10:00.

We will be running 2 Safety Ribs but with 3 Crews, so nobody has to stay on the water too long.

For this we have already have 3 helms but would like a couple of more people to volunteer to come and join them as crew on the boats.

If you are available, please volunteer. It would be appreciated. Let me know on 07741 201052. Thanks.

With the start of the 2019 season only 2 months away and the sailing programme now published I’ll be putting names against duties during February to complete the calendar in DutyMan.

For those that did not take the opportunity to pick your duties at the Club & Sailing AGMs you now have an opportunity over the next 2 weeks to pick duties online.

You should receive an email from [email protected] today with a link and instructions on how to do this.

Prefer not to do it online? – then simply email me at [email protected] with dates you can’t do and I’ll allocate duties for you.

If you have not received your email (check your spam folder?) or have not done duties before and would like to get involved (no experience necessary) please contact me at [email protected]

UKBF presentation – TBYC 29/01 – due to the current level of uncertainty and Met Office severe weather warning that has been put in place regarding potential travel disruption in Kent, London & Essex areas for this evening the UK Border Force presentation has now been rescheduled for Tuesday 12^th March at 20:00hrs at TBYC.

UK Border Force Officers will be giving a presentation about their work in the main bar, this Tuesday evening (29th Jan) at 8pm.

All members and their guests are welcome.

Come along and find out about the fascinating work they do!